Maurizio Rolli is a graduate in double bass and jazz music studies. He is currently teaching electric bass and double bass as well as jazz harmony studies at the Accademia Musicale Pescarese in Pescara and at Conservatorio "U.Giordano" in Foggia, Italy. He has recorded with:
Peter Erskine,
Mike Stern,
Paolo Fresu,
Danny Gottlieb,
Otmaro Ruiz,
Michael Manring,
Hiram Bullock,
Alex Acuña,
Bob Mintzer,
Scott Kinsey,
Bill Evans,
Matt Bissonnette
Alfredo Impullitti,
Pierre Favre,
Fabrizio Bosso,
Massimo Manzi ecc…
Javier Girotto,
Roberto Ottaviano,
Tino Tracanna,
Paolo Damiani,
Gianluigi Trovesi,and played with:Gino Vannelli
Jim Hall,
David Liebman,
Scott Colley,
Diane Shuur,
Enrico Pieranunzi,
Claude Barthelemy
Bruno Tommaso,
Pino Minafra,
Adam Makovicz,
Russel Gloyd,
Michael Riessler
Bill Russo,
Cameron Brown,
Frank Marocco
Rosario Giuliani,
Ettore Fioravanti
Marco Tamburini,
Pietro Condorelli
Mauro Negri
Gianpaolo Casati
Marco Fumo
Giorgio Gaslini etc...
He's bass player with R.A.R.E. a new quartet featuring Alex Acuña on percussions, Otmaro Ruiz on piano and Gianluca Esposito on saxes and with "X-perience" a trio featuring Hiram Bullock and Israel Varela.Since September 2000 he's director of the a "Rolli's tones" Big Band, which recorded with Michael Manring and Mike Stern the cd "Moodswings, a tribute to the music of Jaco Pastorius", released in October 2001, the year of the 50th anniversary of Jacos birth.This cd was reviewed as Cd of the month on "Bass Player" Magazine and on "Jazzit" Magazine.His composition "Dialoghi" is featured in "Bassics" Magazine cd with M.Manring , Jaco Pastorius, Peter Erskine, Jimmy Haslip, Alain Caron ecc...He has performed in several international festivals.
He has been member as well as composer and arranger for the 'Is Ensemble', formed by ISMEZ (Istituto per lo Sviluppo Musicale del Mezzogiorno Italian Institute for the development of Southern Italy), through a selection of more than 140 Italian musicians. The ensemble was awarded 8th best band in jazz magazine Top Jazz 1997 referendum.He has won several music competitions such as: Barga jazz '97 (1° place awarded to his trio with Diana Torto and Filiberto Palermini); Biennale del Mediterraneo ('Iceberg' - Bologna '98 -1° prize, with Alfredo Impullittis 'Kaos Ensemble'); the Roccella Ionica 'New Talents' '98 competition - in which he was first selected as member of the orchestra conducted by C. Barthelemy (conductor of the Vienna Art Orchestra and the France Jazz Orchestra) and then mentioned as orchestra best soloist (along with Achille Succi and Walter Civettini); 'Baronissi Jazz 2000' (Max Ionata quartet). He was awarded 2nd place in 'Massimo Urbani' 2000 competition.He is a consultant, endorser "Tune" basses (hand built electric basses) and "MarkBass" (bass amps): he usually represents these firms in Rimini Disma and Frankfurt Muzik Messe music fairs. He has been assistant in clinics held by great musicians such as J. Patitucci, Anthony Jackson, M. Manring, H. 'el negro' Hernandez, M. Camilo, T. Clausen e S. Pyysalo. He has worked in Federico Fellini's musical 'Le notti di Cabiria' under the direction of Saverio Marconi.He's bass player in the Rai 1 national tv show "Notti sul ghiaccio".DISCOGRAPHY
next releases:"Rollis tones" feat.P.Erskine,M.Stern,H.Bullock,B.Shepard,B.Franceschini - March 2007- Universal/EmarcyR.A.R.E. (Ruiz/ Acuña/Rolli/Esposito) - January 2007 (Wide sound)Giovanni Imparato/Pierpaolo Bisogno TbaIsrael Varela “Imagenes†feat.O.Ruiz,Carles Benavent (Nido Records-Los Angeles“The past inside the presentâ€-Gianfranco Continenza w.Bill Evans & Scott Kinseyjust released (as a leader)::: "Archivi sonori" feat.Mike Stern, Bob Mintzer, Otmaro Ruiz, Danny Gottlieb ("Widesound" and Japan label "Roving Spirits"):: "Wide Christmas-Christmas Jazz Songs" feat. Bosso, Manzi, Torto, Filippini ecc....:: "Moodswings - a tribute to J.Pastorius" feat. M.Stern, M.Manring, A.M.P. Big Band:: "Norwegian Mood" with D.Torto, P.Damiani, R.Ottaviano, F.Palerminias a side-man::: "FAVOLE PER ADULTI"- Gianni De Chellis (Videoradio) feat.Hiram Bullock, Matt Bisonnette:: "Angelo Canelli plays the music of Sting" (Angelo Canelli w.Jason Marsalis & Jason Stewart)
:: "M'Bollo" (Kisito Band):: Nuove Tribù italiche - allegato a World music magazine:: Bassics magazine n.31 - feat. J.Pastorius, A.Caron, M.Manring, P.Erskine ecc...:: "Is Ensemble" (P.Damiani):: "Missa" (A.Impullitti) feat. P.Fresu, G.Trovesi, T.Tracanna, P.Favre:: "La partenza della sposa" (M.Patricelli) feat. J.Girotto:: "Zaira" (Filippini / Ionata):: "L'amo" (P.Di Sabatino):: "Le notti di Cabiria" (C.Della Rancia):: "Gijèm Gijèm" (Alexian Group):: "Vientovivo" (F.Ciancetta):: "Après midi" (O.Fratini)per informazioni scrivete a
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